About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead sizable, open-ended engineering efforts from early planning through launch, then keep those services dependable once live. The position blends hands-on construction, incident handling and, over time, guiding other engineers.
What you'll do
- Write design proposals, gather team feedback, then build, test and release the work.
- Drive large projects from start to finish, including building test environments that mirror external web applications.
- Keep production reliable by responding to incidents and monitoring alerts.
- Expand job orchestration and cloud infrastructure as workload grows.
- Coach junior engineers working in your area of the product.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 2 to 4 years of engineering experience.
- Has run live services in production from design through release, including after-hours incident duty.
- Works independently on sizable, open-ended efforts, moving them from initial scoping to launch.
- Solid grounding in server-side and cloud infrastructure work on AWS, spanning distributed architectures, workload scheduling and designing for scale.
- Prior experience at an infrastructure or developer tools company.
- An exceptional track record, such as rapid promotions or significant side projects.
Bonus points
- Experience with browser automation or LLM-based agents.
- Familiarity with AWS.
- Aspiration to eventually guide a product group and develop other developers.
- Degree in computer science from a highly ranked school is a plus, though candidates with an outstanding background may be considered without one.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Salary: USD 180,000 to 240,000
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days in-office per week
- Full-time
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